GRAM PARSONS - Archives Volume One: Live At The Avalon Ballroom 1969 with the Flying Burrito Bros.
A pivotal force in the transformation of the Byrds; the inspiration behind The Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses"; youthful singing partner of Emmylou Harris; dead at 26 via the usual career-making cause of drug overdose. Despite all of these claims to fame, the influential country/rock prototype that was Gram Parsons is a relative unknown. Even the crowds on this rare 2CD set are an appropriate mixture of wildly enthusiastic and politely indifferent. All of which perfectly suits Parsons' legend: he was an artist of immense inspiration and bad luck whose beautiful music still waits to be discovered by so many.
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